IPhone 4 - Weak Signal compared with 3G

Hello,I was a happy 3G user. My 3G phone ALWAYS had between 4 and 5 bars of sign strength in my living room. I got the iPhone4 today and I have been very unhappy with it. Aside of the dropped calls, my iPhone4 is only getting ONE bar of signal strength, and in case you are wondering: No, I am not using any case at all.

I am extremely concern because I ordered the "Bumper" and if my phone is not getting a good signal without it, then I think the bumper will make things worst.

I have gotten my iPhone 4 today and have finished activating it an hour ago. I am VERY disappointed by the weak signal, too. My 3G had 5 bars where iP4 gets maybe 3-4, and it CONSTANTLY drops down to one or none. This is NOT the experience I was looking forward to and I'm seriously considering calling support and giving them an earful on this, if the problem persists. Second thing is, off topic, I can NOT activate the FaceTime for the love of it. No way! WAY TO GO, APPLE!

Update: I just finished calling Apple Tech Support. They guy said that numerous users had been reporting this very same issue. I was told to "Reset Network" settings. After doing the reset I get the same behavior.

Don't they test this things first? Isn't important to test the internal antennas with AT&T? I am extremely concern if this is a design flaw since I don't know what to do because I already sold my iPhone 3G =( .... Instead of a iPhone4, I have in my hand a Overpriced IPOD!

Please APPLE, if you bother to read this topic let us know that you are investigating this issue.

The following situation described by Walt Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal represents my problem in every word.

"On at least six occasions during my tests, the new iPhone was either reporting “no service” or searching for a network while the old one, held in my other hand, was showing at least a couple of bars. Neither Apple nor AT&T could explain this. The iPhone 4 quickly recovered in these situations, showing service after a few seconds, but it was still troubling.."

I guess we just need to swallow it and wait until Apple releases an statement about this. I am hoping this is a software bug and not a flaw in the design.... Since the software could be easily updated.

ABC's Nightline had a segment about the new iPhone 4 tonight. They were commenting about dropped calls. My AT&T coverage is so poor, my GF can't even get a signal in my home on her iPhone 3G! Iv'e never even had a dropped call on my iPhone (running on T-Mobile's network) around here. Apple need to get out of bed with AT&T and give us other network options!

I have a 3gs and my partner just got a 4 and I can duplicate the issue as far as holding the phone and lowering signal. Here is what I have come acrossed: Even thought the 4 barely had one bar and the 3gs had full, The call was crystal clear. No issues call was for about 5 minutes and the 4 just stayed at the lowest bar. I have to agree that it may not be populating on screen correctly. Lets hope this is a easy fix.

I live in Northern CT, and after activating my iPhone4 - I placed 4 calls and all were dropped within a minute. I had a iPhone3G, and NEVER had a dropped call in my house for the 2 years I owned it. I get 3 bars in my house, and I get 3 bars on the iPhone 4 ... UNTIL I PICK IT UP. Then it goes to "Searching..." within 5 seconds. Once I put it down, it takes 15 seconds to go back to 3 bars.

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